Hello autoconf people, I have two newbie questions regarding AC_CHECK_LIB.
- In the first scenario, I would like to use AC_CHECK_LIB to check for a library which might be installed in a non-standard place. If I pass --with-thelib=/somedir to configure, can I get AC_CHECK_LIB to look for thelib here too (ie, to add -L/somedir to the link line when doing the test)? Alternatively, is there some other way of giving configure a hint about where to look for a certain library in a non-standard place? - In the second scenario, I want to configure a number of packages, then come back later and build them all. The problem is that the configure for package B might try to detect the library built as part of package A, which hasn't been built yet. Is there a way I can pass something like "--with-thelib=/somedir" to configure, to say "if you're testing for this library, trust me, it's here"? (The software in question is "mjpegtools" for Linux, and I'm trying to fix the autoconf stuff and spec file so it builds from source RPM correctly. I can't do much about the unfortunate "four-packages-in-one tarball" approach taken by the project). Any responses would be gratefully received. Thanks, Mitch. -- mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
